India’s top diplomat meets African students, assures safety & security
With a series of high-profile visits from India to Africa in the offing, the Indian government is leaving no stone unturned to contain the damage caused by attacks on African nationals in the country, to India’s diplomatic outreach to the continent. The country’s top diplomat, Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar met a group of African students […]
Time to Rejuvenate the India-Russia Partnership
Relations between India and Russia were up-graded from “strategic partnership” to “special and privileged strategic partnership” in 2010. Five years after this up-gradation and two years after the assumption of power by Prime Minister Modi, it would be appropriate to enquire whether the inherent potential of the bilateral partnership has been realized. Historical Context […]
Washington-Hanoi axis: China asks Obama not to spark fire in Asia
Are the US and Vietnam ganging up to contain the rise of China? Beijing, which is upset by the much-publicized visit of US President Barack Obama to Hanoi, certainly thinks so.